Grovel vs Legit - What's the difference?

As a verb grovel

is to be prone on the ground.

(informal) legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules.

To be prone on the ground.

To crawl

To abase oneself before another person.

To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

To take pleasure in mundane activities.

* The spellings grovelling and grovelled are more common in the UK. Groveling and groveled are more common in the US.

(en adjective)

(informal) legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules

(by extension) genuine, actual, literal or honest, of a thing or person

(slang) cool by virtue of being genuine (considered to be the real deal)

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